Dutch Golden Age landscape and seascape painting. A period in Dutch history generally spanning the 17th century‚ during and after the later part of the Eighty Years War (1568–1648) for Dutch independence. At that time‚ the Dutch republic was one of Europe’s most prominent states. It strength was manifest not only in politics and economics but also in the arts and sciences at Europe. II. Land‚ sea and sky paintings of the 17 century: Landscape painting was a major genre in the 17th century.
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The 1920s was a decade of exciting social changes and profound cultural conflicts. It was the first decade to have a nickname‚ “Roaring 20s" or "Jazz Age." This decade was the birth of mass culture‚ the “new” woman‚ and the “jazz age”. One big and impactful event of the 1920s was the prohibition of alcohol. The 1920s was the birth of mass culture. For example‚ Americans had money to spend on items‚ like clothes and home appliances. Electric refrigerators were created in replace of an icebox to keep
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Picasso ’s "Guernica" (1937) and Goya ’s "The Third of May" (1814) are paintings that are created to communicate an issue of concern of the artist. In order to truly understand the impact that these paintings have on people‚ and why that impact is so strong‚ a person must analyse the content of them. The first reaction of the "Guernica" by Picasso is one of mayhem‚ destruction‚ lost souls and death. The entire painting is dark with cool colours and no sign of warmth. There are scattered distorted
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Apache Indians My overall first impression of this oil on copper painting called Apache Indians by Ramon Torres in 1780‚ was the view of the 18th century lifestyle as apache indians. This painting depicts a great picture of their daily life and culture. The male out hunting to provide for his family while the female is providing for the family by nurturing the child. This painting leaves me wondering what the male is about to shoot the arrow at. I see the deer in the background‚ but it appears that
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Greco. The painting depicts the landscape of Toledo‚ Spain‚ the city where the artist worked and lived for most of his life. This is a very significant work for several reasons: it is considered to be the first landscape in Spanish art‚ one of only two surviving landscapes painted by this artist‚ and because this artist rarely painted non-religious subject matter. View of Toledo is considered to be one of the most dramatic and individual landscapes in the history of art. The painting is not an accurate
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being. The works that have been created by artists in the 14th and mid 17th century had reflected the change from religious to more secular ideas that became prevalent throughout this era. More specifically‚ Botecelli’s painting‚ The Birth of Venus‚ had echoed the growing interest in Greek and Roman culture and myths‚ much less the departure from the idea that all human beings are sinners. Another piece of work that had reflected the Humanistic ideas of this time was “Hamlet” by Shakespeare. This
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Impressionism affected the whole of Europe and became the start of Western modern painting. Impressionist is most attention on the light‚ and they mixed the scientific concepts into painting‚ it is a transformation and innovation of traditional concept. In addition‚ the impressionist paintings are also focus on the artist’s own spirit and thought expresses. In this journal‚ I am going to discuss how important of light in the painting‚ and how William Brymner and Maurice Cullen use the light into their artwork
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viewing the painting he did I found that the two people featured displayed the message that they are not being treated fairly. When looking at where they are‚ I think that not having equal rights is shown. This is so because they are walking in a private area‚ I believe it is made just for blacks and African Americans. I say this because in the nineteen sixties African Americans and blacks were forced to live in a private area. An example of these areas
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transport that she was riding in. Within this time‚ it was that she took the paintbrush to keep herself diverted from the candor and pain of her condition. At that point she was a given a mirror by her folks‚ so she could serve as her own particular model‚ this is the manner by which Kahlo started and with numerous self-pictures of her which would lead her buildup. Through her sketches‚ all the disaster and agony she suffered was communicated. In the painting tree
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things‚ yet our mother still forgives us. Our mother didn’t want her child to be hurt or even have mosquito bite. Mary Cassatt painted a Young Mother Sewing on a rectangular canvas. She used oil paint. In the foreground‚ the young child in the painting was wearing a white and sky blue dress. Grey was used to highlight her dress in the light. She had brown eyes‚ brown hair and chubby red cheeks. The child was leaning on her mother’s lap looking at the viewer. The mother was wearing a white and black
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